Alessandra Damijanić

Senior Digital Project Manager

Alessandra Damijanić
Pula, Croatia

Experience

Jan 2021 - Present
3 years 3 months

Senior Project Manager

Unguess

  • Leading and managing functional, market research, and consumer experience projects through the full lifecycle, and ensuring they are delivered to agreed time, quality, and budget targets
  • Setting up research projects using different online platforms (e.g. Alchmer, JotForm) to ensure accurate data collection (and consequently data analysis)
  • Activation of the set-up team and final supervision of surveys before they are sent out to the community
  • Creating and setting up screener sets of questions to identify the target audience in collaboration with the Customer Success Team
  • Setting up and using the designated PM tool and other data collection systems, and ensuring alignment of use across the team
Jan 2021 - Dec 2022
1 year

Product Manager

Speck

  • Developed localization strategy for a web and mobile app owned by a local corporation
  • Led technical projects for performance improvements on web applications (SSR, lazy load)
  • Led mobile development projects (e2e, optimizations, customizations)
  • Developed product roadmap for a booking software and led the product discovery phase
  • Main technical point of contact for customization requests on Shoutem for start ups
  • Led CRM migration project in collaboration with another digital agency
  • Created client proposals for web and mobile solutions (MVP plan, cost, and time estimations)
Jan 2020 - Dec 2022
2 years

Web Service Development Expert

CMG

  • Developed strategy for the new department (Web editing), defined responsibilities for each role, described processes for each role in collaboration with other SME, and developed migration plan from other departments
  • Led web estate discovery phase project - defining needs, identifying personas, planning the roll-out of a new web framework where the content was split between corporate and product websites for local markets
  • Led CMS migration project for 40 markets (Umbraco to Optimizely) with a team of web editors, developers, and analytics specialists
  • Managed research on needs and features, and led the development team in the creation of web components
  • Led project for web application using machine learning for image segmentation and setting it up as a company service
  • Created internal service catalog and rate card in collaboration with SME
  • Responsible for approval of cost and time estimations for complex web development projects in collaboration with Technical leads
Jan 2020 - Dec 2021
2 years

Web Service Consultant

CMG

  • Supervised up to 12 project managers leading new web framework roll-out for the client's web estate on 50 markets for 5 brands
  • Main point of contact for new complex web development projects (internally and for clients)
  • Consulted client's technology and operations departments on process optimization and introducing new technologies
  • Developed proposals for optimization of client's web standards documentation
  • Oversaw existing internal web development project processes, discussed improvements with the team, created proposals for the company board, and rolled out new process improvements
  • Responsible for approval of cost and time estimations for localizations and complex web development projects in collaboration with Technical leads
  • Created RFP and RFQ proposal for web and overall digital strategy

Summary

I simultaneously completed my academic studies and worked full-time on projects and products for clients from the Pharma and FMCG industry. I also hold a PMP certificate with 7+ years of experience in project management. My focus in my spare time is to advance my programming skills. The reason behind that is that I would like to improve my technical understanding of projects and be a better manager between the SMEs and non-tech stakeholders. I also regularly attend PMP webinars and courses to learn about the latest PM practices continuously.

Languages

Croatian
Native
English
Advanced
Italian
Advanced
German
Intermediate

Education

Oct 2019 - Jun 2021

Faculty of Economics dr. Mijo Mirković

MA · Business Informatics

Oct 2015 - Jun 2019

Faculty of Economics dr. Mijo Mirković

BA · Business Informatics

Oct 2014 - Jun 2015

Swiss Hotel Management School

Highest Professional Conduct

Certifications & licenses

Project Management Professional